What young women really want...

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Montreal, Quebec - February 8, 2012 - For the 8th consecutive year, Girls Action Foundation is flipping the script on chocolate and roses. Instead we are shining light on girls and young women who are making an impact in their communities.

Some 40 grassroots actions will be taking place across the country on February 14, 2012. From Hornby Denman Island (BC) to Rankin Inlet (NU) to Charlottetown (PEI), national network members are collaborating with girls and young women to raise awareness, organize activities, share resources, exchange stories, and propose ideas about issues that matter to them.

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Presented by the Native Youth Sexual Health Network and Girls Action Foundation

As part of the Indigenous Young Women: Speaking Our Truths, Building Our Strengths project, a national gathering is taking place in Saskatoon November 18th to 21st bringing together self-identified Indigenous young women including those who identify as trans, Two Spirit, and gender non-conforming between the ages of 16 to 25; seeking to meet young women where they are at.

"It is a critical time for young Indigenous women to come together and make our voices heard through these important community leadership initiatives, on our own terms,” says Jessica Yee, Executive Director of the Native Youth Sexual Health Network.

A partnership between the Native Youth Sexual Health Network and Girls Action Foundation, this national gathering focuses on Indigenous young women’s leadership, empowerment, solidarity-building, and ending violence. Lead by a peer Advisory of ten Indigenous young women from all across Canada, it will also provide opportunities to learn teachings from Elders and other traditional teachers and mentors. Indigenous women’s strength has always existed in Indigenous communities, and it continues to grow.

The LIGHT A SPARK campaign creates an inspiring movement for positive change

"The belief that girls and boys should have equal rights and privileges is fundamental to what it means to be Canadian," according to over nine in ten (93%) Canadians in a newly released Angus Reid poll.   The national survey, commissioned by Girls Action Foundation, also shows significant public concern about the specific challenges faced by girls..."

To read the press release, click here.

 
Let's get critical about the panic! Everyone agrees that the contradictory messages floating around about the fate of girls and young women are enough to make anyone's head spin. On March 8th, Girls Action Foundation proposes we flip the script on the discourse and has created four Why Girls? resources to walk us through the maze.

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